WRESTLING PHOTOS A satin 3h tin oh epocedecite tat ese Saree ease sere pees See a ye coe Spee ox 93 YOURS FREE! | “How To BUD I a ae YOUR BODY" — ss with WEIDER e ‘as your LEADER... ‘Mr. Canada Invites You... 1 vs his modern, acon and 2 Seicel MONTREAL. os 5 eel GE state Qn Ses hee Sere re ners bE — ah eae ‘Mec Allan Palio in Peron ay aire aie Vea ai, Meniee Casa best in America. in thelr height class ‘The winner in the smell man' Ed Theriault, andl 2nd place . developed short man in America . . . none other than Rejaine Robert, just 144. years after he first touched his fist weight. The next night, after an all night ear drive back to Montreal in his 2nd contest, the 2nd con- test he ever entered, Rejaine Robert woa the title of Jr. Mr. Canada... one ofthe greatet honors a Canadian can ever ear, ‘The secret of his transformation is simple ‘We have time ater time told you that the weaker you are, the more inferior you are, the greater your obstacles... the more lot! ‘ous your vetory over physical inferiority can be. ‘Training under the careful eye of Leo Robert .. . Rejaine Robert was taught all the secrets of the Weider System by Leo, who teaches others only this system of training, for itis the one he used to develop his own masterful physique .. . and the one which hhe KNOWS will unfailingly bring out the vesy best in anyone. [Rejaine Robert now stands 54” tall, ha Jing gained 1 full inch since he began his train- ing. Those once serawny arms now measure 2 full 16” around, inch for inch being packed almost as-solid with muscle as the famous arms of Ed Theriault. 90 pound of dynaimie bodyweight was added, and that massive chest measuring 44” in size, houses = heart with the courage of @ lion. The determination to continue to train with never ceasing enthus- asm until he takes his place alongride Ed ‘Theriault as one of the greatest short men of alltime, fighting for the top prize class. the ad best His power is pulverising and those who rouse his ire today find themselves gasping for breath and flat on their backs. . «count ng the stars. He is a master of Judo besides being an outstanding all around athlete & match for any man on any grounds, Need less 10 say, there are none who pick on him cr pity him today. He has thousands of ad: mires... and hundreds of sincere fiends, is ideals are not one . . but many. In- telligently he contends that there are many perfect men today. .. each representing an ideal for a specific type . . . Reeves for his hhandsome, powerful body. Reg Park for hie ‘emendous museularty and hardness of Inuild. Claney Ross for his breathless propor: tions andy of course, his cousin Leo Robert, who Rejaine feels is the greatest example of physieal perfection ever seen in the medium Feight clas Since the firs, hie training has been based fon the Weider System . . - with the bench press, cheating earl, bent arm laterals and bouncing rowing exercise being his favorite exercises. He likes to keep his repetitions rather low... never more than 8 practicing 3 or4 sets of each exercise. This i, of course, the ideal way of gaining massive bulk Like most advanced barbell men, he finds it impossible to tain his entire body in one workout. Therefore, he tans 4 times « week, alternating between upper body and lower Timb exercises, His general workout lasts for nearly two hours, and he is on the go every ‘moment of the time, Right now, besides his general, training, he is specialising on his legs . . using the Weider Leg Specialization Bulletin as his program. When shown the complete of Weider Specialization Programs « eyes beamed and it was hard to restr fons going sight over tothe gym to try out all the unusual exercises, It ook some convincing to make him realize that even a might her- cules like he ould not go through more than ‘ne specialized program ata time, but he set tled for the leg program for the moment, since the feels that this is his weakest point. In recalling his younger days... . when he vas being the butt of the eruel pranks of the the unusual exerese, It 10k some convincing igang . . . Rejaine now smiles rather con- tentedly for ax he packed on muscle and tained power, one by one le tueued the tables ‘on those who picked on him... leaving them ‘sping for breath and badly battered as hia new power made him the physical master of all who had previously hoiliated him. Now all his old tormentors are traning wi the weights too, hopeful that they too will tin the physical plory that has been Reine Rober’, So there ie still plenty of svalry among the gang . . . bot up to this writing Rejaine Rober is will the top man. It takes ‘a DARN ood big man to top a great small ‘man . «and that's eactly what Rejaine is “a litle GIANT, another great Weider CHAMPION. The Science of The Lat Machine (Continued from poge 18) ‘sid, “Hey, Tooy—how big’s your biceps?” Just that magic word, that litle square of ‘common ground on which the candidates for juvenile delinquency and the Body Builders ‘can meet. “How big’s your biceps?” Imagine hhow the young fellows would have compared ‘am size, would have been impressed by the body builder’s superior muscles and, beyond any doubt, would have vowed to go and do likewise—and imagine how the time previ ously wasted in outwitting the Law of idly ‘spent in pool rooms would have been taken up in building healthier muscular physiques. Henry Wittenberg, 190 pound Olympic Cham. pion Wrestler, and New York Policeman, hit the nail right'on the head in a recent inter view when he told me “Kids toon realize that ‘hey can’ get strong and healthy if they keep. late hours, smoke and generally misbehave.” Maybe, forthe sake of a single word, “Bic eps," and the man to say it, Tony Searp will spend a considerable portion of his young life making restitution for the other life hetook. Whatever happens, it is good to know that there ARE people who care about what Ihappens to young Scarpati and* his compan- fons, These are human lives and MUST be saved Not only in the field of Welfare and the development of good citizens, does weight training play a prominent role, Tn the re pairing of shatiered bodies, aswell as broken souls, has it enjoyed outstanding success. Our ‘eteran’s hospital, crowded vith wounded from Korea, and from World War 2, make extensive use of dumbbell, exercise benches and Latissimus machines, —all activities that fare immensely increasing the popularity of ‘weight training. In particular has the pulley fand the Lat Machine been effective in strengthening upper backs, shoulders and ARMS, Becauce the apparatus has a greater ‘ange of mobility, it has also been very prom: inent in developing the muscles of the upper farms, forearms and fingers after recovery from severe burns and other wounds. The re sistance can be as light as a feather, figura: tively speaking, and the number of repet- tions used high. Tn developing the biceps and forearms, the [Lat Machine has very special value. Curiously, the biceps is the one muscle ofthe body every fone knows, —It docsn't matter whether = fellow has never heerd of s weight, just put your hand on his arm and hell ey “Biceps.” It is the general impression that the upper arm contains it's greatest bulk in the biceps This, of course, isn't true! The triceps forme by far the larger part of the arm, yet iti the bigeps brachii that is the show muscle, the Impressive rising lump that gives shape and seeming height tothe upper arm. Its a quick responding group and a short session with @ Darbell and dumbbell can fast increase the tape messurement—subsiding ina litle while, and needing the greater influence of the Tat ‘machine and i's ability to reach the deeper, ‘unused fibers of the biceps, The biceps is one of the easiest muscles of the hody to. gxin Aefnition in,and it is possessed of consider able endurance in that it readily lends itself to a great number of repetitions, The func tion of the biceps is to flex the forearm onto the upper arm and to SUPINATE the hand turn the hand palm uppermost. If you doubt this statement, then try this ex periment-—Raise your forearm—right, 10 8 el to the ground. The Knuckles should be facing the side or tured ‘out, Rotate the hand at the waist, twisting the ‘palm up and down while you have the fingers ‘of your left hand on the biceps of the sight farm. During the rotation, you will experience {full and powerfal conttacton of the biceps with the muscle hunching itelf up HIGH and HARD. Forearm muscles are among the most com- plicated in action in the entire body structure. ‘The one ability that human beings possess cover apes is that of erosing the thumb over the palm of the hand. Apes cannot do this for the movements of their hands are restricted. ‘The forearm muscles aleo flex the writin all directons-—twisting and rotating it, The fore- ms are also developed by gripping objects of weight and size—heary dumbbells with thick handles boild them vp and it used to be a recognized feat of strength for a man to carry a heavy weight in one hand for as far sa he could, the athlete covering the greatest distance proving the winner, Important in deed, are the muscles of the forearms, and at Steve Reeves has sad in one of his excellent articles “if you ean't hold it, you can't Tift.” Streneth of fingers, hands and fore arms are important t0 the bodybuilder and very effort should be made to bring these ‘walities up to a peak. In the exercises tha follow, you will notice that with one excep- tion, the reps are high. This is in order to utilize the “Flashing Method” of exercising so that I wil not repeat what has already heen written on considerably, 1 wil briely ‘explain the “Flashing Method." The muscles | ‘are composed of many tiny Ger, arrounded hy a fluid and encased in a sheath. Not all of these fibers are used when the muscle ie exercised, and the deep, underlying. muscle fibers are hardly affected if at all. Larger ocular sie and greater definition ean only ‘come ith the utilization of each muscle fiher and the removal of all excese fat. The rmore blood pumped into the area exercised — jreased circulation, the more nourishment the muscles can absorb and the more quickly they recover from the effects of the exercise snd C-RO-W, Here is the way to use thi Biceps and forearm specialization course Fits, go through your routine workout—what- ever bodybuilding course you are following — taking care to force out the reps antil the very last. CONCENTRATE on exch and every ‘movement and try and visualize in the mind, the action of the muscles called into play. | The muscle actions you SHOULD know, so | concentrate, not only physically, but _men- | tally on each and every exercise. | ‘When you have finished your regular bar- | bell and dumbbell routine, take & short rest | ‘of 15 to 20 minutes and then nish your sched | tle with the Lat Machine exercises, During | your rest period, drink & glate of fruit juice ‘Sweetened with honey, or a glass of orange juice with the yolk of en egg eaten up in it tnd then you ate all ready 19 start your LAT MACHINE EXERCISES FOR THE BICEPS AND FOREARMS Exercise 1. Lie under the Lat Machine with your feet directly under it and have a train ing partner pull down the bar to your grasp. Use'a “thumbs around the bar gzip.” The backs of the hands should be towards your feet—the palms therefore will be “facing” your face. From this position, pull down on the bar until it touches the chest. 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In this exercise itis necessary to remove the five foot bar and replace it with a broad band of canvas or a belt Sit on @ Dench or + flor dieely under the Lat Mc: chine and sideways to it, Reach up and grasp the belt in your hand and sit down again, [At this stage, the weight should be OFF the floor with FULL resistance right" from the iar of the exercise. KEEP THE UPPER ARM STILL. It can be rested firmly | the side of the head. From this postion | PRESSPULL down and carry the fst back of the head, When the arm is completly bent st the elbow, hold it and turn the wrist up ‘nd BACK. You will experience a violent con traction ofthe entire biceps. Lower the weight snd repeat, Start off witha poundage you ean tasly handle for two sets of ten reps and work up to two sets of twenty reps Exercite 3, Place the end of an exercise each on a box, under the lat machine so that the highest end is RIGHT UNDER the har. Kneel atthe lowest end of the bench and Jay your arms along the sloping bench. Grasp, the bar ia the hands with a rather narrow rip and from thie position curl the wefght DOWN wntil the knuckles touch the shoul- ders, A tremendows amount of contraction fan be gained from the use of this exercise Make every movement STEADY and at the lowest point where the bar touches the shoul ders, hold it there and the contraction of the biceps for a short count of three before re- turning the arms to starting position. You can also make use of an incline bench if using fn ordinary exercise hench with the end raised is too uncomfortable, The use of an incline bench is sliown in the illustration of this ex- ‘reise, DON'T allow the UPPER arms to move, Stat off with a weight you can handle for two sets of ten reps and work wp to twenty reps two sets before increasing the weight. Exeteise 4, Place an incline bench with the slope towards the Lat Machine, Lie on the bench and have a training partner pull the bar down to your grasp. Don't allow the Jody to move of the back to arch during thie exercise. The hand spacing should be jost shoulder width apart, the palms. uppermost tnd the arms STRAIGHT, From this position fnd bending the arma at the elbows, cul the wveight down to across the shoulders or top of the chest return and repeat. Stat off with ‘weight you can handle for throe sets of 8 reps working up to three sets of 15 reps be- fore increasing the poundage. It s important to let the biceps do all the work. Don't let the body help, in any way. Exercise 5. A considerable size and amount ‘of definition ean be built by the Lat Machine in the forearms. While it is but rarely used for this purpose, yet these forearms exercises have been slowly, yet steadily gaining in popu- larity beeause of the high number of repeti- tons which is possible, Considerable weight ually be built up in the exercising poundages, with even the muscles of the fine gers and the entire hand benefiting. consid ably, Te is reported that the Giant Mac Batchelor has rigged up a special apparatus rms, built along Lat Machine lines, Remove the bar and substitute it with a helt or band of canvas. Place an exercising bench under the Lat Machine and zest the upper arm slong the bench with the forearm UP. With the belt grasped fmly, and keeping the upper arm STILL, press down Dending the hand at the wrist and turning the palin DOWN until itis 28 close to the forearm as it can get. Start off with « weight you can handle for two sets of 15 reps and ‘work up to two sets of 25 reps for exercising the for Exercise 6, Adopt the same positon as in upper. arm resting slong the bench and forearm pointing straight ‘up and grasping the belt or canvas band, From ideways allow: ing the forearm and wrist to rotate so that the hand turns in a complete circle follow: ing along the lines—tight down around and UP. This is an excellent. movement for srengthening the grip—the fingers and mus- cles along the back of the hand are greatly affected and makes those feats of gripping land tearing come more cally. Sart off with 2 sets of 15 reps and work up to 2 ses of 25, the previous exerci this position pull down end Exercise 7. Lay the forearm under the Lat ‘Machine and away from it so that the wire fan angle. Rest the forearm so that the Thad is resting right on the edge of the bench with the palm of the hand facing DOWN. From this postion grasp the belt at tached to the machine and flex the west #0 thatthe palm is turned DOWN onto the fore. arm. Start off with 2 sets of 15 reps and work ‘up t 2 sets of 25 reps. Concentrate mentally on all these forearm exercises, ‘This article concludes the series of Exer- caing with the Lat Machine, They have been received exceedingly well by all authorities and I have had many letters from physio therapists telling of the use to which thes Polley and Latisimus Machine exercises have Deen put. I is nice to think one's work is appreciated, and in response to scores of e- ‘quests from body builders and Physio-Thera pists, Tam continuing the series next month swith ‘THE COMPLETE SCIENCE OF THE, EXERCISE BENCH